Toolmaker Machinist- 1st shift

at S&C Electric Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

As an S&C Electric team member, you'll work on projects that have real-world impact. You'll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We're big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.
Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow's energy challenges and become an employee-owner!
Hours
6:00 am - 2:30 pm (Monday- Friday)
Occasional OT on Saturdays
Competitive Monthly Pay Period
Benefit Overview
Competitive complete benefits package
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and Employee Stock ownership plan (KSOP)
Tuition Reimbursement, Fitness reimbursement, Paid leaves
Dependent care FSA, Basic Life, Transit benefit
Annual bonus for individual and company performance
Paid vacation and 15 paid holidays, including shutdown in summer and winter
Referral Bonus program
PPE provided.
Career Advancement and Development Opportunities
Join Our Team as a toolmaker machinist!
Are you passionate about tool-making? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to coordinate our tool room function. As a toolmaker machinist, you'll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team. The Prototyping and Tooling department is responsible for making and developing production tooling including stamping and forming dies, CNC machining fixtures, inspection gages, assembly tooling, and product test equipment or to make improvements to existing tooling. You will be working with various types of drawings and blueprints ranging from simple hand drawn documents or detail drawings to CAD generated assemblies. You will be required to maintain high quality and productivity standards and adhere to all applicable safety practices and procedures. This position requires good verbal communication skills and the ability to work closely with other Tool Makers, machinists, engineers, designers, and production personnel in a team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following.
The ability to build and troubleshoot various types of tools including stamping/forming dies, molds, fixtures, gages, and assembly tooling.
Assume responsibility for the quality of completed assignments.
Must be able to work independently, meet productivity, and due date requirements of assignments.
Problem solve and determine solutions for various types of tooling problems.
What you'll Need To Succeed:
The ability to use and apply shop mathematics including geometry, trigonometry, and Machinery's Handbook formulas as required to compete assignments.
The ability to work independently and apply ingenuity to analyze and resolve problems.
The ability to design and make your own small fixtures and jigs for machining operations.
The ability to utilize Lean and Continuous Improvement principles.
Adhere to all required company safety rules and practices.
Ability to mentor other team members.
The ability to operate lathes, mills, grinders, saws, drill press etc.
Ability to use measuring instruments.
Understand the 5s principles.
Ability to operate all standard Tool Room Equipment.
Build and troubleshoot new tooling per design requirements.
S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at TAsupport@sandc.com.

S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.